, and after that, the war bailed us out, but this is a fallacy that has been propagated by people in, you know, who write for the "new york times". it's a -- well, it's true. it's ultimately a fallacy, and you're right, you -- if you raise taxes, you are going to cut that -- those people who are bringing prosperity to the economy. >> is this short -- >> it will ultimately work out if the economy can get by with the back to normal payroll tax. this could juice it back around. there's no perfect plan the government can do, but it's possible this payroll tax cut could be lowered in the recession and raisedded in boom times to make up for the cut. lou: good evening, evrybody the day can be described as quiet from washington to the middle east, where as two days for market selloffs brought i told you sos from some wall street gurus. today's triple digit rally in the dow was unobserved by those who lost the narrative. as surrogates and private campaign force, organizing for action, worked to upend the second amendment, the president, himself, seems most willing to put a electoral risk, and the democ